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THE VOICE
OCTOBER 31, 1975
THE VOICE
1B77-NEARING A CENTURY OF
SERVICE-1977
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
STAFF WRITERS
SPORTS EDITOR
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ADVISOR
SHERYL ALEXANDER
YVONNE GIBSON
CLARARENE JACOBS
RON WILLIAMS
CARMEN FORD
DOROTHY LAWRENCE
LLOYD CLOUD
CHARLES JONES
ANGELO FRASIER
BRENDA HESTER
JANICE BARNES
MARY CLEATON
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GILBERT FOUST
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TEREST IN CAMPUS AFFAIRS,
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND
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AMONG STUDENTS, BETWEEN
STUDENTS AND FACULTS AND
BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THE
COMMUNITY.
(SEE PAGE 5 FOR EDITORIAL)
From The Editor^s Desh
Many of us at Fayetteville State University knew Robert
Washington, who was a student here, to be both a trusted friend
and a hard working person. Robert, who perished in a fire
recently along with two members of his family was, I am certain,
all of this and much more. It is hard to say good-bye to him,
though his death must be acknowledged in some way.
I met Robert last year, my freshman year at F.S.U. I was
immediately taken in by his warmth and determination. When he
was happy a fuse was ignited from within, and if he was sad, one
rarely guessed it from his expression. He was the type of person
who could listen to a problem intently and go through an
analyzation process to find a logical solution. Robert was very
proud to be a student at Fayetteville State University, in fact, he
took pride at doing everything he ventured into. There were times
when I felt like smiling and saying, “Well now, Robert, don’t get
too excited about this thing, it may not be as fantastic as it
sounds. ” But this, I always held inside and never showed.
During exams we would always seek out each other in the
library and study together. This went on last year when we were
taking similar courses as well as the beginning of the school term,
even though our courses were now dissimilar. Last year Robert
proved more of a help to me in studying for exams than he was for
himself. All of this he took in stride and continued to aim for the
top.
The last time we talked, he was exceptionally happy with a
new place of residence and a job, which he said took up most of his
free time, and he mentioned being very tired. My question, to my
self of course, was “how can you say you are exhausted and be so
content with it?” But, then, that was Robert.
I have shared with you the Robert Washington I knew. Many
of you have had more insight into his personality, but I am sure
that all of us who knew him share the same basic impression as to
his character. He was not very different from anyone on this
campus. Robert has an objective in life and his intention was to
fulfill it. We all have objectives and must strive to do the same.
Sheryl Alexander
Editor-in-Chief
hetter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
What happened to having
Miss Student Center elected
by the general student body
last semester? If you want the
truth, I will tell you exactly
what happened.
My name is Shirley Smith,
Miss Rudolph Jones Student
Center for this school term,
1975-76 and I do not mind
telling how the election took
place.
Just prior to the time to
elect Miss Student Center, the
Director of the Rudolph Jones
Student Center decided he
wanted a Student Center
Advisory Board. I am not
coming down on any of the
board members but the man
had picked the people to serve
on his interim board and said
that the members would have
to be approved by the
Chancellor. I want you to
know that is all changed now.
He says that he has the
authority to appoint whoever
he pleases and the Chancellor
has nothing to do with it,
because this is a Student
Center related board.
One reason our director
decided to establish an ad
visory board had something to
do with his belief that an error
had been made in the student
body constitution. He said that
the original intention of the
election of Miss Student
Center was that she be elected
by the Student Center and not
the student body.
The candidates interested
in becoming Miss Student
Center were asked to file an
application to be turned in to
the secretary of the Student
Center. In turn, each can
didate was to receive in
structions as to how Miss
Student Center would be
selected.
The board members were
to interview the candidates,
then vote for the candidate
they decided would be the best
one to hold the title of Miss
Rudolph Jones Student
Center.
The instructions the
candidates received stated
plainly in black and white that
the Program Director would
be present during the course
of the interviews and that the
Student Center staff would
vote on the candidates. Not
any of these processes were
carried out. Instead of the
Program Director being
present for the interviews, the
Director was there. While he
was there, he thought it was
necessary for him to give
added information, but only
on the candidates he wanted to
be elected (I waas one of those
candidates-now, I think he
has changed his mind; I speak
my piece of mind). He said
that in all of the interviews he
had ever had any dealings
with, the procedure was to
give additional information on
the persons one knew. As for
the other candidates, he said
he did not really know them,
so he could not provide any
additional information. You
can decide for yourself
whether this was right or
wrong.
One thing for sure, the
man was not supposed to be
present during the course of
the interviews and another
thing is that he should have
kept his mouth shut.
Miss Rudolph
Shirley Smith
Jones Student
Center
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I would like to see some
changes made at FSU. I would
like to see the student at FSU
have a more vivid view of
MESSAGE FROn THE
CHANCELLOR
This year marks the eve of Fayetteville State University’s Centennial Year. We have lived up to
the predictions that we made when we said that we would have two thousand students enrolled on our
main campus in 1976. We look forward to a Centennial Year with an enrollment well over that
number.
Fayetteville State University is a dynamic entity in this world of enigmas and imponderables.
Enigmas spawned from the fact that it has taken us almost one hundred years to grow to the point
where we have the capacity to serve two thousand students from a group of citizens numbering in the
hundreds of thousands who are crying for an opportunity to join the mainstream of American Life.
Imponderables emanating from the need to shake off the shackles of segregation, deprivation and
discrimination while maintaining the proud identity of our Afro-American heritage. Our University
family must devise ways to make our introduction into the collegial atmosphere of this institution
challenging and rewarding; providing strength where there is weakness; stimulating the natural
curiosities and abilities that you bring to us; and insuring that your quest for knowledge is fulkilled in
a manner that enables you to take a place of leadership in the society of tomorrow.
You, our students, are the agents for change in that society. You are the catalysts that will cause
that society to be agitated. You are the new ingredients from which change will emanate and make
this nation live out its creed, “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.”
And as we join with our nation in the celebration of its Bicentennial, flying the banner of Bicentennial
campus, let us move ever forward, seeking out and destroying those islands of poverty and ignorance
that have for two long characterized the lot of our people in this “land of the free and the home of the
brave.” All of us have a role to play in this “Drama of Freedom” and if Fayetteville State University
is going to continue to provide increasing numbers of graduates to force and sustain change in our
society, each of us will have to support, represent and preserve this University as a viable, dynamic
entity.
I call upon each of you, every member of the University family to pledge in the coming year, and
in those to follow, that we will not allow our collective energies to be dissapated through the trivia
that is characteristic of internal strife. We should seek new ways to develop the harmony and
cohesiveness that are characteristic of an effectively functioning organization. We should evaluate
ourselves in terms of the quality of educational experiences that we are providing to our students and
find ways to make the delivery of those services more effectively and meaningful.
Finally, let us remember that all of the knowledge, skill and material gains that one might
acquire as a result of learning are worthless if we lose sight of the need for compassion and love of
our fellow man. Freedom and love are inextricably bound together; one thrives on the other. So, as
we start another year, we should gird ourselves with the armor of love, move forward to lead
Fayetteville State University in finding solutions to the enigmas that face us, and issue a call for
unity of purpose to overcome those imponderables that we may encounter.
what courses are required
within their majors and
minors. In the past, many
hopeful graduates did not take
part in the graduation exer
cises and their names did not
appear on the list of respected
graduates, because they were
stuck at Fayetteville State
University for another
semester, just to take one
course. Many have been
awaiting that joyful day, only
to discover that they cannot
leave the university yet
because they have, somehow,
missed taking one course and
are, thus, short of three or
more hours. I think there
should be a yearly or semi-
yearly counseling center for
all students, regardless of
what fields that have pursued.
This will avoid such drastic
actions.
Secondly, I’d like to see a
definite change in FSU’s
organization. The university
has no organization. This is
especially evident in the long
and seemingly endless
registration lines. Every one
of us enrolled at FSU has
faced that dangerous,
disasterous and devilish line
during registration. Can you
imagine standing in line all
day long with that one hun
dred eighty degree sun, which
seems to have a broken
thermostat, beaming directly
down upon your head? If you
can, then you have perhaps
been victim of an unjust set
up. In this kind of set-up, large
guys in pairs and ^oups may
have broken or jumped line
two or three people ahead of
you. These people avoid the
hassle and the fate of going to
the rear of the line, while you
stand there disgusted and
defenseless.
Thirdly, I’d like to see a
change in the financial set-up
at the university. The
university has recently
acquired the reputation of
unjustly managing an in
dividual’s money. Often,
students are forced to re-pay a
bill they know they paid
because there were no
adequate records of certain
payments. At other times the
university has been respon
sible for losing a student’s
check who worked on the
work-study program on
campus. With this in mind,
Fayetteville State University
is in need of a new and better
financial set-up in the future.
Last, but not least, there
should be a better un
derstanding among students
and teachers. Some teachers
do not recognize students as
individuals. They fail to an
swer some of the many
questions a student may ask.
Other teachers act hostile
inside the classroom. Still,
there are other teachers who
want to lecture the whole class
period without interruption in
order to cover more material
in class.
It is through us, the
students, that FSU must be
changed. This process may
take years, but in the end, all
things will pay off.
Daisy Faison
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